Central Java – Head of Central Java Police's special counterterrorism detachment 88 Sr. Comr. Daryono revealed there were eight regions in Central Java that had become terrorist training grounds: Semarang; Kendal; Temanggung; Wonosobo; Karanganyar; Surakarta; Sukoharjo; and Boyolali.

In addition, there were 15 other regions in Central Java province that had been proven to be terrorists' preferred hiding places, he said without elaborating. "The intelligence has listed some new people that might have connections to the terrorist network," he said, as quoted by tempointeraktif news portal Sunday.

To date, according to police records as many as 118 people from the province with links to terrorist activities had been placed under police custody. Among those detained were Abdullah Sonata and firebrand cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.